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Sacra Privata of M J Rowlandson in which he records his prayers and spiritual thoughts. The book is written from front and reverse dating from 1830-1867 and includes both his time in India and back in England. Some pages have been cut out, some additional notes inserted including memorial notice of the deaths of two of his daughters in 1858. Handwritten leather bound journal.

Description: Black hardcover with white specks, white pages, handwritten in ink, with inserts, detailed table of contents and page numbers. Identified as West 12 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Sad-dar from L3043 in Persian (in Zand Letters)-Gujrati collated with Persian texts (L2506)
• Izeshne ceremonies (copy of Haug's papers in German)
• A copy of MM10 (J.M. Muller's MS. In Munich Library) Fragments of Bundahish and Shikand-gumani
• "From Prof. Haug's papers. -- Die Parsi Cermonien nach mündliechen Mittheilungen"
• "On the use of Mantras in the Atharveda" from Prof. Haug's papers

Inserts:

• A list of papers on page 138, "presumably Haug's in the Munich Library"
• Folio with images of "Inscription on the Babylonian Bricks" "Seal of one of the Egyptian Pharaohs," "Stamps from Herculaneum."
• An "Expiration of Subscription" from Wm. Dawson & Sons Folio with "Estimate of extent of extra translations for Appendix"
• blank folios
• transliterated fragments of unmarked MS
• "Hom yasht divided into verses by Haug"
• papers that serve as an index
• translation of an unidentified fragment
• "Sad-dar-e . . . p.9 - 13" draft for an introduction "Arabic words in Sad-dar"
• "Index to Sad-dar (following Persian MSS)
• multiple scraps of paper containing fragments of the introduction
• list of words in Arabic script and its transliteration
• Persian manuscript copied down with notes in French
• rough floor plan

Three Plans on tracing paper from Shahr-i Qumis excavation, 1971, labelled:

• Site 5 Contour Plan, Scale (1:100)
• Site 12 Contour Plan, Scale (1:100), Sept '71 Qumis
• Site 7, Mud-ribbed Vaulting over Room

These are large drawings which were originally found in a tube addressed to David Stronach.

Notes, drawings and photographs concerning Šahr-e Qumis. Also drafts of articles and proof plates, and an offprint of an article by Hansman and Stronach.

Small green notebook entitled: "Qumis 1976, Photographs, Warwick Ball" with further title within notebook suggesting this was a list of photographs for the National Geographic. The notebook contains handwritten lists.

"A Vishnuite song composed by one Kánhar Dás saint": Sakhi rí é dόú kunwar kisόr... With translation: O Sakhí, these two tender-aged boys are of good hue white… Signed Rámgharíb Chaubé. Headed in a different hand: "History or religious?" Handwritten, 3 sides, undated.

In 2004, Chesterton Ltd. were instructed to provide a marketing report and advice on the disposal of 60 Queen's Gardens. This material contains correspondence between Chesterton and the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 11 May 2004- 25 November 2004. The material also contains correspondence between the Society and Manches LLP who sold the property to The Jordanian Book Centre, dated 11 March 2005-26 August 2005, when both sale of the Queen's Garden property and purchase of 14 Stephenson Way were complete.

Correspondence regarding sale of surplus books via John Randall. Three items.

Correspondence re sale of Carl Richard Lepsius' "Denmarker aus Agypten und Athiopen, 1849" handled by John Randall of Books of Asia. Six letters plus invoice.

'Sale of Dr. A. Clarke's Library: Desirable for the R.A.S.' - a list of items that would be helpful additions for the Royal Asiatic Society Collections, including their lot numbers and day of sale, from the Auction for the Library of Dr Adam Clarke. The author of the list has also added current prices of the items at second-hand booksellers. The Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke was a linguist, particularly in Middle Eastern and Oriental languages (including Persian, Arabic, Ethiopian, Coptic and Sanskrit) which enabled him to play an important part in the work of the Bible Society.